Trying is fine. Failing is inevitable. Don’t let it devour you. Michelle Sagara More Quotes by Michelle Sagara More Quotes From Michelle Sagara The gods where like the weather; sometimes good, sometimes bad, and either way, always beyond her. Michelle Sagara weather sometimes way Hope is often bitter, but it drives us, and we cling. Michelle Sagara bitter You'll be with me, won't you?" "indeed." "Then what could go wrong?" Lord Sanabalis visibly grimaced. "You clearly do not believe in angry gods. Michelle Sagara angry lord believe Is this some sort of test?" "Everything that doesn't kill you is." "Mind you," he added, "surviving doesn't always mean you passed. Michelle Sagara tests mind mean In youth,' he said, speaking as if from a great distance, 'we believe, and the death of belief forces us to disavow all belief. But that disavowal, time softens, and if we do not believe, we hope. Belief is easier to kill, somehow, and its death easier to bear. Michelle Sagara distance bears believe Sanabalis never seemed to eat, and he deflected most of her questions about Dragon cuisine. Then again, he deflected most of her questions about Dragons, period. Which was annoying because he was one, and could in theory be authorative. Michelle Sagara cuisine annoying dragons Success and failure are two edges of the same blade, two sides of the same coin. To fear one is to forever deny the possibility of the other. Michelle Sagara coins two-sides forever There wasn't a colloquial phrase, or curse, that went something like, "May your day be full of angry dragons" or, "May every dragon you meet today be pissed off." But, there should have been. Michelle Sagara pissed-off dragons should-have I don't make the laws, I just enforce them." "Then remind me to introduce a new set of laws, since the ones we have clearly assume a level of common sense that's lacking. Michelle Sagara common-sense levels law Trying," he said at last, "is good. It always is. But failing? Everyone fails, one time or another. It's how you deal with failure that counts, in the end. It's the successes that you're known for-but it's the failures make you what you are. Michelle Sagara failing lasts trying The truth was only another mask, even if it was the best fit, the closest to skin and all that lay beneath Michelle Sagara mask fit skins Not all of our heartless plans work as we intend; nor do all of our good intentions. We are where we are, and we can rarely predict where we will go, no matter how firm our beliefs. Michelle Sagara heartless belief matter